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UKHSA says mistakes at COVID testing lab may have led to deaths of 20 people last year

The UK's Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said mistakes at a testing laboratory led to misreporting of tens of thousands of positive COVID-19 cases as negative and may have resulted...

‘Disappointing’ COVID-19 booster uptake worries Europe’s head of vaccines strategy

Recent uptake of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in Europe has been "rather disappointing," an official said on Thursday...

AAH reaches milestone of delivering over 70 million COVID-19 vaccines across England

AAH Pharmaceuticals Ltd (AAH) has exceeded the milestone of delivering over 70 million COVID-19 vaccination doses across England,...

NI set to launch new version of Covid app for under 18’s

In a bid to limit the number of Covid-19 infections, Northern Ireland is set to launch a new version of StopCOVID NI app by...

‘Moonshot’ for millions of daily Covid tests depends on technology, Hancock says

The UK wants to be able to carry out millions of Covid-19 tests a day, known as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “moonshot” plan for mass...

UK’s creaking Covid-19 test system puts health services at risk

The UK's testing system for Covid-19 was creaking on Tuesday as a bottleneck prevented people including medics from getting a test in a potential...

I want to do more to champion role of community pharmacies, says minister Justin Tomlinson

Justin Tomlinson, minister of state at the Department for Work and Pensions, has pledged support for community pharmacy. During a recent visit to an independent...

‘Most people can get virus tests locally’

Amid reports that people living in virus hot-spots and staff at hospitals and care homes have been struggling to get tested for coronavirus in...

Pharmacists write to Sunak for help; former minister says Treasury bean counters should stop quibbling over an increase in pharmacy funding

More than 1,500 pharmacists have written to the chancellor of the exchequer to save their pharmacies from closing down. The Mirror reported on Sunday (September 14)...

Regeneron’s antibody drug added to UK RECOVERY trial of Covid treatments

The world's largest randomised trial of potential medicines for Covid-19 is to add Regeneron's experimental antiviral antibody cocktail REGN-COV2 to the drugs it is testing...

Labour leader Kier Starmer is self-isolating

The leader of U'K main opposition Labour Party, Keir Starmer, is self-isolating after a member of his household showed Covid-19 symptoms. “The member of his...

Pharmacists, doctors, patients call for change in law to expedite access to medicines in short supply

Pharmacists, GPs and patients have called for a change in law to reduce bureaucracy and speed up patient access to medicines in short supply. "We are...

AstraZeneca resumes trials of Covid-19 vaccine

AstraZeneca has resumed British clinical trials of its Covid-19 vaccine, one of the most advanced in development, after receiving the green light from safety...

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